Dessicated coconut meat in broiler finisher diets

Date

3-1983

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Edwin S. Luis

Abstract

The feeding trials were conducted to determine the feeding value of desiccated coconut meat (DCM) and to evaluate the nutrient composition and digestibility of nutrients of DCM in broiler finisher diets. The birds were randomly alloted to five dietary treatments with three replicates per treatment.

Crude protein, calcium, phosphorus and ash contents of diets supplemented with desiccated coconut meat and corn decreased while crude fiber, ether extract, gross energy (GE) and metabolizable energy (ME) slightly increased. Digestibility of crude protein and crude fat decreased while digestibility of crude fiber increased with the inclusion of varying levels of DCM and corn in the diets. Digestibility of Nitrogen Free Extract (NFE) was not affected with the inclusion of varying levels of DCM and corn in Commercial Broiler Mash (CBM).

Weight gain and feed consumption decreased with the inclusion of DCM and with corn in the diets but not consistently and significantly. Inclusion of DCM and corn showed no significant effect of feed consumption and dressing percentage of broilers. However, increasing levels of DCM consistently showed increased fat deposition.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 1983 A5 A68

Document Type

Thesis

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